WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:07.080 This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry 2 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:10.800 of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we continue in a series 3 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:16.120 called Transformed. In these lessons, Rick uncovers key principles found 4 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:17.199 in God's. 5 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:19.440 Word that will completely. 6 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:22.640 Transform our lives from the inside out in every area 7 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:30.960 including spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, relational, financial, and vocational. Now, 8 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:33.280 before we get started, we want to let you know 9 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:37.000 that a very generous friend has given one hundred thousand 10 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.640 dollars matching grant to Daily Hope. That means that all 11 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:43.920 this month, every dollar you give to help Daily Hope 12 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:46.799 share the hope of Jesus around the world will be 13 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:50.359 matched up to one hundred thousand dollars. You can find 14 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:53.719 out more by going to Pastorick dot com or by 15 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:57.759 texting the word Daily to eight hundred six hundred five 16 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:02.079 thousand and four. That's Pastor Rick, or the word Daily 17 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:06.840 to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. Right now, 18 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:10.000 here's Pastor Rick Warren with part two of a message 19 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:12.840 called setting Personal Goals by Faith. 20 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:18.519 Number three goals focus my energy. Another one of the 21 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:20.799 reasons why you need to set goals in every air 22 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:23.680 of your life is they focus your energy. They keep 23 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:29.439 you from wasting time, money, reputation, energy. They keep you focused. 24 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:35.040 Selection is the name of the game. Focus is the 25 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:38.920 key to an effective life. It's not these fifty things 26 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:42.000 I dabble in. It's this one thing I do. And 27 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:46.239 the more you focus your life, the more powerful, the 28 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:49.519 more effective your life is gonna be. If you spread 29 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:51.480 it out and diffuse your life over a whole bunch 30 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:53.959 of different things, you'll make no impact at all. But 31 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.519 if you focus your life, it's gonna be powerful. It's 32 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:03.040 gonna be strong, and it will change the world. Light 33 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:06.879 diffused has no power at all, but when you focus light, 34 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.560 it has enormous power. The sun doesn't set things on 35 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:12.319 fire just because it's diffused. 36 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:13.840 But I remember when I was a kid. 37 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:16.960 If you take a magnifying glass, you can set grass 38 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:21.159 on fire, or you can burn little bugs. I'm sure 39 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:25.280 all you girls did that right. And you focus the light, 40 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:29.000 it can actually start a fire. If you focus light 41 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:31.919 even more, it becomes a laser. And a laser can 42 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:35.319 cut through steel, and a laser can kill a cancer. 43 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:39.759 I want you to live a laser life. A focused 44 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:44.000 life goals focused by energy. Now the world is full 45 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:47.800 of distractions. Everybody agree with that. Everybody agree that there 46 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:49.960 are a lot of things to distract you. You can 47 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:52.840 spend your life, you can waste your life, or you 48 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:56.439 can invest your life. And the greatest use of life 49 00:02:57.520 --> 00:02:59.039 is to invest it in that which is going to 50 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:02.479 outlast it. Now, you don't have time to do everything. 51 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:04.800 You figure that one out already. You don't have time 52 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:08.199 to do everything. Here's the good news. God doesn't expect 53 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:12.360 you to do everything. Not everything's worth doing. And there 54 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:14.080 are only a few things that are really worth doing. 55 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:16.520 And the key to being effective in life as a 56 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:18.840 woman of God, as a man of God, is to 57 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:23.840 do what matters most and forget everything else. Goals focus 58 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:27.400 my life. Paul says this in One Corinthians nine twenty six. 59 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:33.039 I do not run without a goal. I fight like 60 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:37.439 a boxer who is hitting something, not just the air. 61 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:38.080 He said. 62 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:41.159 I'm not playing around here. I'm not playing air guitar. 63 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:43.599 I'm not just pretending I'm boxing. 64 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:44.039 He goes. 65 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:48.080 When I box, I fight to win. When I run 66 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:50.639 a race, I run to win. He said, I'm not 67 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:53.520 just messing around here with my life. It's too important. 68 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:56.280 I'm gonna do something with my life. I'm gonna win. 69 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:00.319 I want my life to bring honor and glory to God. 70 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:04.199 I don't run without a goal. Some of you are 71 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:08.080 running without a goal. As a result, you're just running 72 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:11.879 in circles and you're caught up in the rat race. 73 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:15.199 You don't want to run the rat race, because then 74 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:19.399 even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat. 75 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:26.199 Number four goals don't their statements of faith. Goals focus 76 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:30.519 my energy. Number four goals keep me going. They give 77 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:34.959 me hope to keep moving. They give me hope to endure. 78 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:39.040 They give me hope to persist. You've heard me say 79 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:40.800 this many times. When you're going through hell, what do 80 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:43.680 you do? You keep going. You don't want to make 81 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:45.759 a home in hell. You don't want to stay there 82 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:48.519 and camp out overnight. When you're going through hell. You 83 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:51.639 just keep on going. And the way you do that 84 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:56.000 is you have a goal beyond. The Bible says Jesus 85 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:58.759 endured the cross because he looked forward to the goal 86 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:00.920 and the glory that was set before him. 87 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:05.279 He looked beyond the pain to the payoff. You need 88 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:06.000 to do this too. 89 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:11.480 The Bible says that God wants to make you have hope. 90 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:14.959 You see if you don't have a goal in your life, 91 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:16.879 any goals in your life, you don't really have any 92 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:17.560 reason to get out of. 93 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:18.160 Bed in the morning. 94 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:22.560 That maybe you got to eat, but really, what's why 95 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:25.079 even why even why why even get out of bed? 96 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:27.319 Why even live? If you don't have any goal for 97 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:31.040 your life. Job says this in Job chapter six, verse eleven. 98 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:36.000 I do not have the strength to endure. You ever 99 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:38.639 felt like that? I just I don't know if I'm 100 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:40.319 going to make it. I don't have a strength endure 101 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:43.519 why next sentence, I do not have a goal that 102 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:47.399 encourages me to carry on. You got to have a 103 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:51.160 goal to keep you going. You know, they did a 104 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:56.839 study once of the Holocaust survivors. And in World War two, 105 00:05:56.920 --> 00:06:00.199 you know, the Nazis killed six million Jews and many 106 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:04.480 others besides yous, many Christians, Muslims, others other that they 107 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:08.319 just didn't lie. And they studied those who survived the Holocaust, 108 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:14.399 survived those terrible tragedies, and they discovered only one thing 109 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:15.680 in common with all these people. 110 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:17.279 Every one of. 111 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:20.800 Them had something to look forward to. Every one of 112 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:23.639 them had something waiting for them. Every one of them 113 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:27.560 had something that they wanted to live for, they. 114 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:28.480 Had a goal. 115 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:31.920 Those who didn't have anything to live for, those who 116 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:34.879 didn't have anything to look forward to, those who didn't 117 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:37.360 have any goal out there, they lost hope and they 118 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:43.160 simply gave up the will to live, and then they died. 119 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:48.920 The second year of this church, when I was twenty 120 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:50.560 six years old and pastoring. 121 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:51.639 It was what I call my dark year. 122 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:56.079 And I was depressed the entire year and I could 123 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:58.079 barely put one foot in front of the others. 124 00:06:58.079 --> 00:06:59.079 And I later. 125 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:01.399 Went to a doctor and got some nutritional advice and 126 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:04.800 I went out, but it took a full year before 127 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:07.160 I actually felt better. I was just always tired, and 128 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:10.199 it was always depressed, and I was just always fearful. 129 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:13.800 And you know, at that time, I wasn't thinking, God 130 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:15.839 build a great church. I was thinking, can I just 131 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:20.399 get through today? And I look back now and I'm 132 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:24.360 grateful that I didn't give up that year, But I'm 133 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:26.639 also more grateful that God didn't give up on me. 134 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:30.959 And what kept me going full of through a full 135 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:32.439 one year of depression. 136 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:34.839 I had a goal. 137 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:38.360 I had made a commitment to pastor this church for 138 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:41.600 forty years, and so I held on to that even 139 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.279 though every bone in my body wanted to give up. 140 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:47.639 Do you want to know how often I felt like 141 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:50.560 giving up as pastor of Saddle Backed Church? How'm often 142 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:56.079 I felt like resigning? Just every Monday morning I get 143 00:07:56.120 --> 00:08:02.720 PMS post message syndrome. And after you've preached five or 144 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:05.879 six or seven times and you're all emotionally spent, you 145 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:07.399 get up the next day and you think, Man, somebody 146 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:10.360 could have done a better job than that. God, I'm 147 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:12.759 not that smart. You got to find somebody who can. Really, 148 00:08:12.839 --> 00:08:14.839 this church is too big for me. Get somebody else. 149 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:20.439 Get somebody's brilliant to do this. But you just keep 150 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:23.680 on keeping on white because you have a goal. You see, 151 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:27.079 when you have a long term goal, long term goals 152 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:32.240 keep you from being discouraged with short term setbacks. Everybody 153 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:37.799 has setbacks, everybody blows it, everybody makes mistakes, everybody has failure. 154 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:41.480 In fact, failure is the only way you succeed. 155 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:45.879 You cannot succeed in life without failing. Why. 156 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:48.879 That's why you learn what works and what doesn't work. 157 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:53.200 So never called a failure, call it an education. Some 158 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:58.799 of us are highly educated. We're good at failing. Now, 159 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:01.799 if there's any piece of as your friend, I could 160 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:06.759 say this to you. It's this learn to fail fast, okay, 161 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:08.039 because you're going to fail. 162 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:10.840 You're going to fail. So everybody fails. I fail all 163 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:11.200 the time. 164 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:13.559 You know what The key to Saddleback's growth, in our 165 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:19.120 strength and our success is we fail fast and then 166 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:19.960 we learn from it. 167 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:25.240 Thank you so much for listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. 168 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:28.399 We've got some incredible news to share with you. A 169 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:32.480 very generous friend has given a one hundred thousand dollars 170 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:36.720 matching grant to this ministry all this month. 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Then number 212 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:59.080 one hundred works, and then we teach a seminar to 213 00:11:59.080 --> 00:12:01.200 other pastors and partik like we knew what we were doing, 214 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:04.000 but we're not that smart. 215 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:05.519 It's just trial and error. 216 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:09.720 Goals keep me going, and long term goals keep me 217 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:14.080 from being discouraged about short term setbacks. Now, a goal 218 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:17.600 doesn't have to be big to motivate you. For instance, 219 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:21.960 if you had to go to the hospital and have 220 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:26.720 surgery for some reason, your first goal would simply be 221 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:30.559 after surgery, can I sit up in bed? Not a 222 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.559 very big goal, but an important one, And the second 223 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:35.679 goal would can I hang my feet over the side 224 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:38.440 of the bed and sit up? And then the next 225 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:41.679 goal would can I get enough strength to stand up 226 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:45.440 after surgery? And then a very important goal, can I 227 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:48.000 have enough strength to go to the bathroom by myself? 228 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:49.080 Big goal? 229 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:52.440 Then next us do I have enough strength to walk 230 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:56.360 around this wing of the hospital. All of those are 231 00:12:56.519 --> 00:13:00.440 very small goals, but they're all important goals because when 232 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:03.639 to get from here to success isn't one big leap, 233 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:10.000 it's many small steps, many small steps. So goal that 234 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:11.919 have to be big for it to be important. It's 235 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:14.840 getting you on the way. Like my goal today is 236 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:16.919 to get out of bed and to eat healthy. I 237 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:19.960 have a healthy breakfast. Fine, that's a good goal. As 238 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:22.559 job said, I have to have a goal to encourage 239 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:25.639 me to carry on. Now, you may have come this 240 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:29.919 weekend and you're a little discouraged. Maybe you're feeling a 241 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:35.639 little down. Maybe you're feeling you got the blues. You're down, 242 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:43.200 down down, Dobie Doo down down, and everybody hates me, 243 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:46.080 nobody loves me. I'm never gonna get married. I'm gonna 244 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:52.480 go eat worms play the song for you here. If 245 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:58.720 you're discouraged this weekend, you need to set some new goals. 246 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:00.279 And that's what we're gonna to do. 247 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:02.679 In the next fifty days, you need to set some 248 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:06.440 new goals in these different areas. Goal setting is a 249 00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:11.120 spiritual responsibility. It's a statement of faith. It focuses my energy, 250 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:14.519 It keeps me going. Number five, the Bible says, goals 251 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:16.159 build my character. 252 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:20.440 Goals build my character. 253 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:24.840 Drifting doesn't build your character, but goals build your character. 254 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:28.440 And if you set a goal and you get a vision. 255 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:31.840 Without a vision, the Bible says that people perish. If 256 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:34.720 you get a vision, you get a goal, then God 257 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:35.879 says I. 258 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:39.279 Can work in you. Now, listen very carefully what I'm 259 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:39.759 about to say. 260 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:45.879 The greatest benefit to your life over the goals you're 261 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:49.080 going to set in the next fifty days. The biggest 262 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:51.919 benefit to your life is not going to be the 263 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:56.600 accomplishments and achievements you acquire because of those goals, but 264 00:14:56.759 --> 00:15:01.320 what happens inside you. 265 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:02.120 While you're moving toward the goal. 266 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:06.159 See, God is more interested in your character than he 267 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:10.000 is in your accomplishments. You're not taking your success to heaven, 268 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:15.120 You're not taking your career to heaven, but you are 269 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.200 taking your character. 270 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:17.279 So God is. 271 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:20.639 More interested in who you are and what you become 272 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:23.679 than he is in what you do and accomplish, and 273 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:29.120 what you succeed at, God's interested in you. 274 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:30.279 So here's the idea. 275 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:34.799 While I'm working on the goal, God is working on me. 276 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:35.960 Does that make sense? 277 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.159 And that's what God wants to do in your life. 278 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:43.840 Goals help build your character and that's what's going to 279 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.759 last eternity. That's why Paul says in Philippians chapter three, 280 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:51.320 verse twelve, I keep striving toward the goal circle. The 281 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:55.120 word striving, that means it takes energy, it takes effort, 282 00:15:55.519 --> 00:16:00.960 it takes intention, it takes purpose in order to reach 283 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:03.600 your goal. And God says that while you're doing that, 284 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:06.320 while you're working on the goal, God is building character 285 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:15.159 in you. You will never become the man God intends 286 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:19.360 you to be unless you intend to become that man. 287 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:23.120 You will never be the woman God intends for you 288 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:29.799 to be unless you intend to be that person. Ten 289 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:32.639 years from today, some of you you're not going to 290 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:34.960 be in church. You're going to be a long way 291 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:38.200 away from God. You're going to go through a failed marriage, 292 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:41.240 You're gonna have all kinds of problems in your life. 293 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:45.840 Why because you never intended to be a man of God. 294 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:49.519 You never intended to be a woman of God. It 295 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:51.600 was just kind of a casual Christianity. 296 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:55.080 Yeah maybe this, Yeah, maybe that. And you never intended. 297 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:59.679 You'll never become what God intends without you being intentional 298 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:05.119 goals build my character. Then number six, good goals will 299 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:11.519 be rewarded. Good goals will be rewarded. And if you 300 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:14.480 have good goals, then there's going to be two reasons 301 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:17.599 that you're rewarded. You're going to be rewarded on earth 302 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:20.720 by people, and you're going to be rewarded by God 303 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:25.519 in heaven. When you have a good goal, it brings respect. 304 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:28.720 When you have a good goal, it brings honor when 305 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:31.759 you give your life to a good goal. It builds 306 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:35.759 a legacy on earth. The Bible says in Proverbs eleven 307 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:38.519 twenty seven, let's read this verse aloud together. 308 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:39.480 Okay, read it with me. 309 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:46.000 If your goals are good, you will be respected. Circle 310 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:48.720 that you will be respected. You want to be respected, 311 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:51.759 then you need to set some goals that are good. 312 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:57.599 The entire nation will celebrate Martin Luther King Day. Why 313 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:03.119 why do we take a holiday for one guy? Because 314 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:06.680 he was a man who set good goals and he 315 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:11.680 didn't live for himself. He lived to fight injustice and 316 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:16.240 to fight prejudice, and to fight racism, and to fight 317 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:19.559 for truth. He set good goals for his life, and 318 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:24.519 so he is honored with a holiday. One of the 319 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:28.519 greatest honors I've ever been given in my entire life 320 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:34.200 was the honor of preaching in Martin Luther King's home 321 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:39.000 church on the fortieth anniversary of his death. 322 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:45.440 This is Pastor Rick's daily Hope. In just a moment, 323 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:47.720 Rick is going to tell you about a recent one 324 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:51.799 hundred thousand dollars matching grant from a very generous listener. 325 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:54.680 But first he's going to share with us how God 326 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:57.880 has been using your financial gifts to help us share 327 00:18:58.039 --> 00:19:00.160 Christ with people around the world world. 328 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:04.400 Here's Rick, Hi, friends, would it surprise you to know 329 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:08.000 that there are entire groups of people who have never 330 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:12.000 heard about Jesus still in our world today. I'm talking 331 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:14.279 about the small tribes of less than a one hundred 332 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:18.480 thousand people in many, many distant places who have never 333 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:21.640 heard the name of Jesus Christ. That means there's not 334 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:25.880 a single Christian among them. There is no church, they 335 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:29.079 have no Bible, there is no believer. Can you imagine that? 336 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:34.680 Would you help me reach these unreached, unengaged people. You know, 337 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:36.640 one of the reasons I started Daily Hope was to 338 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:39.880 find partners who would help us take the hope of 339 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:42.960 the good news of the Gospel to the whole world, 340 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:47.559 to the final frontier these unreached, unengaged tribes. Jesus wants 341 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:50.480 us to witness to all nations and to all people. 342 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:52.680 He never made a person he did in love. He 343 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:56.119 never made a person he didn't want saved. And Jesus 344 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:59.559 died so that all may be saved. But people can't 345 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:02.200 follow you, Jesus. If they've never heard about him, and 346 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:04.799 they've never heard of God's grace, how can they receive it? 347 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:08.519 So I'm asking you to help me in this finishing 348 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:11.079 the task project. Thank you for your support. 349 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.279 You know. 350 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:15.400 Daily Hope is now reaching over thirty four million people 351 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:19.519 each month through Daily Hope audio teachings and our email devotionals. 352 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:21.559 But we're only able to do this because of your 353 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:26.279 partnership with Daily Hope. We're working together to help us 354 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:29.799 fulfill the great commission. Imagine when you get to heaven, 355 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:32.000 somebody comes up to you and says, I just want 356 00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:34.519 to thank you. I'm here because you cared enough for 357 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:38.160 someone like me. You prayed and you gave, and you shared, 358 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:40.920 and you sacrificed, and I'm in heaven because of you. 359 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:42.079 Will that be worth it? 360 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:45.440 Even as we rejoice in the success, we need to 361 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:49.480 remember that there's still billions of people who need to 362 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:53.279 know Jesus and we got to keep going. So I'm 363 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:58.599 asking you prayerfully to consider giving the biggest gift you've 364 00:20:58.640 --> 00:21:01.880 ever given, or that you can can give before the 365 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:05.519 end of this year. As I said, there is still 366 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:09.839 about three thousand unreached people groups that have either few 367 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:12.599 or no believers in them. We've been able to reach 368 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:15.759 about six hundred of those tribes, making sure there's a 369 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:19.119 Christian living among them who speaks their language and can 370 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:22.119 help them understand the Bible. But that's just the first step. 371 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:26.559 The truth is an unreached people group isn't considered reached 372 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:30.319 until it has a healthy church, a body of Christ 373 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:33.960 that's able to plant new churches within that group. So 374 00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:38.200 to help that happen, we're working on translating spiritual growth 375 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:42.279 tools into about two hundred new languages for people who 376 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:46.039 have virtually no Christian resources available. Think of all the 377 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:48.920 Christian books you could buy at Christmas this year. Think 378 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:51.160 of all the books you could pass on at birthdays. 379 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:56.319 These are so available in English, but we need to 380 00:21:56.400 --> 00:22:00.279 translate them in all the other languages. These translations are 381 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:04.000 strategic that we've selected once to share the gospel and 382 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:07.119 to help disciple new believers where it is most needed 383 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.720 right now. 384 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:08.480 Now. 385 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:11.960 These resources are also going to help young pastors grow 386 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:16.920 and train others to build the church in their nations 387 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:19.039 and in their groups. Now, we've made a lot of 388 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:21.200 good progress, but we've got a lot of work ahead 389 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:24.880 of us in this task. And it is a monumental vision. 390 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:27.559 I can't do this by myself. I need your help. 391 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:31.359 It's a timely vision, it's a global vision, but every 392 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:36.640 vision listen requires provision. Honestly, we wouldn't be able to 393 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:39.920 do any of this vision without you, and that's why 394 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:45.200 I cannot fully express how much I appreciate your financial 395 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:47.640 support of Daily Hope. You know I don't take a 396 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:50.720 salary in this. This is all a ministry of love 397 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:53.519 and all of these funds are going to help reach 398 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.200 more people. 399 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:56.319 Now, let me give you some exciting news. 400 00:22:57.160 --> 00:23:01.039 A generous friend of Daily Hope has offered a one 401 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:05.400